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  "id": 18112852,
  "title": "Koh becomes 7th Korean American elected to US Congress; Strickland secures 4th term",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/koh-becomes-7th-korean-american-elected-to-us-congress-strickland",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T11:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20261104/koh-becomes-7th-korean-american-elected-to-us-congress-strickland-secures-4th-term"
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  "summary": "Dan Koh has been elected as the seventh Korean American to serve in the U.S. Congress, winning a House seat in Massachusetts during the recent midterm elections. Koh, who is of Korean and Lebanese descent, secured 63.42% of the vote, comfortably ahead of his Republican opponent Micah Quinney Jones, who received 36.58%. Koh, 41, has previously worked in the White House under President Joe Biden and served as an aide to the former Boston mayor. He ran for Congress in Massachusetts in 2018 but lost in the Democratic primary. Koh's family has roots in South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju, and his grandfather once worked at the South Korean Embassy in Washington.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Koh becomes 7th Korean American elected to U.S. Congress; Strickland secures 4th term",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/koh-becomes-7th-korean-american-elected-to-u-s-congress-strickland",
        "published": "2026-11-04T10:56:45.000Z"
      },
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        "outlet": "Ukrinform - Politics",
        "title": "Ukrainian Caucus co-chair in U.S. Congress Marcy Kaptur reelected to another term",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/ukrainian-caucus-co-chair-in-u-s-congress-marcy-kaptur-reelected-to",
        "published": "2026-11-04T12:18:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}